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Timothy J. Keller Memorial Service
A worship service of praise to God for Tim Keller’s life and ministry was held on Tuesday, August 15, 2023. If you were not able to see the service and would like to, you can watch it here.
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A Long Awaited Change!
It has always been my goal to one day make all of our sermons available for free at gospelinlife.com. Now with the generous and faithful support of our Gospel in Life listeners from our podcast, YouTube and radio ministries, we are in a position to do just that!
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In Memoriam — Rev. Dr. Dick Kaufmann
After a long illness our dear friend and colleague Dick Kaufmann died and was united with his Savior on February 18th, 2023. Dick served as executive pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church from 1994 to 1999. He then moved to San Diego California where he planted a network of churches.
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The Magician’s Book in Your Pocket: Breaking the Spell of AI Beauty Tools
It was a couple of years ago, and I’d been seeing ads for this new “Imagine Me” feature. For the simple price of giving a major corporation images of your face, this AI tool could “imagine” you as … well, just about anything. On this particular afternoon, I was just bored enough—and perhaps just dissatisfied enough—to give it a try.
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God at Work: The Journeys of Four Church Planters in Africa
A university city in Ghana where students live only for themselves. A densely populated neighborhood outside Nairobi with not one gospel-preaching church. A township in Uganda struggling with unemployment, corruption and crime. A community between Pretoria and Johannesburg where many search for security and belonging.
The challenges facing these places differ, but Bernard Twumasi, Dan Gachuki, Lauben Ataho and David Kobedi share the same conviction: their cities need the gospel, and God has called them to bring it.
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The Stories We Live By — A New Book
The Stories We Live By: How Jesus Critiques and Completes What Our Culture Tells Us is a new book by my father (Tim Keller) and me. We are the stories we believe. But what if our culture’s stories are failing us? This book reveals the hidden cultural narratives that shape us and points the way to the life we’ve been looking for.
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A Political Case Study: Four Americas, Ideologies & Idolatries (Part 2)
Intro by Kathy Keller:
Tim wrote this article in January of 2023 a few months before his death, but it was never published anywhere. As Christians struggle to make sense of today’s political landscape, I believe this article can be useful in helping readers think through the pitfalls and challenges of keeping one’s faith and politics in the right order.
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Trusting the Father’s Heart
As a child in church, I spent much of my early life hearing, reading, and singing about God’s love for me. But as I look back on my walk with the Lord thus far, there is one question that I seem to have never stopped asking: “Does God really love me?”
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Disciplines Don’t Save. Christ Does.
Michael Horton exhorts Christians to not confuse discipleship with the gospel. A disciple was someone who followed a rabbi around not only to learn doctrine but also to see its application in life. Jesus was one such rabbi, as we see in the familiar story reported in Luke 10:38–42.
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Gospel-Centered Training For African Church Planters
28 African church planters received training grounded in and centered on the gospel. They were challenged to preach Christ through the whole Bible because it all points to Him. They became reacquainted with their Heavenly Father, who loves them and redeemed them at a great cost. Each of these leaders is now participating in a year-long residency program to deepen their understanding from the Intensive, strengthen their relationships with their fellow planters, and expand the influence of gospel-centered churches in their cities.
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A Political Case Study: Four Americas, Ideologies & Idolatries (Part 1)
George Packer wrote an article in The Atlantic (“How America Fractured into Four Parts,” July/August 2021) which outlines four recent U.S. political movements that employ moral visions of a good society. He concludes that they are all inadequate and that he does not want to live in any of the four “Americas” that the political movements are seeking to establish.
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A Sign Remembering Seeds Sown
Here in Manhattan, there is a dearth of plaques of spiritual leaders, though many have come through here and have done great work.
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Manna and Money
In the wilderness God provided for the material needs of the children of Israel with manna. Every morning the manna appeared on the ground and the Israelites went out to get it with the following instruction: “Each one is to gather as much as he needs. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent. The Israelites did as they were told: some gathered much, some little.”
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Why Plant a Church in Brooklyn Now?
In 2002, Tim Keller wrote what, for me, was the most compelling case for planting new churches. His argument was two-fold: new church plants are not only evangelistically most effective to grow the body of Christ in a city, but they’re also necessary for the renewal of existing churches.
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Major in the Majors (but get to everything)
Redeemer’s philosophy was that preaching on Sunday mornings and evenings had to major in the majors—that is, establish that Jesus Christ was God come to save us, not just one more teacher showing us how to save ourselves.
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Advent Devotional
During the season of Advent (November 30 – December 24), Gospel in Life offers a daily devotional. We’d like to send you an email each day during this time to help you focus on the beauty and meaning of Christ’s birth.
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Introducing a New Book: “What Is Wrong with the World?”
When faced with 16 file drawers worth of papers, sermon manuscripts, talks, sketches for talks, and other content that Tim left in our apartment, I was flummoxed/appalled/elated.
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The Incredible Ripple Effect of the Gospel
One Sunday, Pastor Isidore’s preaching sounded different. And it sounded different the next Sunday and the one after that. And it wasn’t just the preaching. “We started seeing the Christ-centeredness of his preaching,” Yves said. “It was really remarkable. … Pastor Isidore was now more concerned about how to build the lives of the people in the church on Christ, more than focusing on the church’s day-to-day problems.”
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There Is One True King
Since the beginning of humanity in the Garden of Eden, there has been one unchanged aspect of the human heart—deep down in our soul we all desire to be the king of our lives. We are unwavering in our determination to unseat the rightful and only true king, Jesus Christ.
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Bringing the Gospel to Students at NYU
Most of these students have never seen a Bible and will live their lives never entering a Christian’s home or having any kind of relationship with one. When I chose to join RUF-I, these are the things that excited me. This really was “world mission” in my home city. I could not have been more excited at the opportunity to share Jesus with them.
This Month's Featured Book
Seven Cultural Myths That Fail Us and the Story That Never Will
In this new book by Tim Keller and his son Michael Keller, you’ll discover what our culture's stories promise and whether they actually deliver. It will help you to see them through the lens of the gospel story—the only story where deep hope, true meaning and lasting joy can be found.
